Children couldn’t stomach the truth, adults believed. Children had to be protected from the harsh realities of the world.

The smoke alarm went off in the hallway upstairs, either to let us know the battery had just died or because the house was on fire. We finished our lunch in silence.

He lay still and quiet. He absorbed the enveloping darkness, slowly relaxed his limbs from end to end, eased and regulated his breathing, gradually cleared his mind of all thought, closed his eyes, and was completely incapable of getting to sleep.

She didn't struggle and so she didn't grow

Written By Paulo Coelho

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